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» Amanda Kendle - Best Guidebooks

I'm Aussie-born, and so is the Lonely Planet series, so I "grew up" as a traveler using them. I like their honesty; although in the more recent editions they tend to be a bit "high-end" for me. And I have a leaning towards Bradt guides for out-of-the-way places because they seem so uncommercial. That's my 2 cents on guidebooks!
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Amanda

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» Mike Gerrard - The best guidebooks

In response to Lonely Planet ... posted by akendle:

It depends on the destination. I like Rough Guides, Lonely Planet and Time Out guides, but generally I find Lonely Planet not as thorough as the other two. It's all down to the individual author(s), though. I know when we traveled around Crete researching our own guidebook, we found some real howlers in the Lonely Planet guide. I also once wrote a piece for the Times travel pages comparing what different guidebooks to Greece said about the same places. It's an instructive exercise. You'd expect opinions to be different, but facts are often different in every single guidebook!

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» Amanda Kendle - The best guidebooks

In response to The best guidebooks posted by mgerrard:

You're right Mike, of course, it really depends on where you're headed. I forgot to mention Rough Guide, I can live with them too :-) though I've never used a Time Out. I still think the *old* Lonely Planets were the best (10-15 years ago especially). Mike, your article on the Greek guidebook does sound interesting, and it makes me wonder if I should bother with any guidebook or just follow my nose!

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» Mike Gerrard - The best guidebooks

In response to The best guidebooks posted by akendle:

See what cath Urquhart, travel editor of The Times, says about guidebooks in her book:
http://ukirelandtravel.suite101.com/arti...

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